Hoping for the best: What Mamdani’s anti-Zionist stance means for Jewish life in New York - opinion

Mamdani’s victory poses severe challenges to the Jews of New York and throughout the United States. I met Mr. Mamdani at the end of August, along with several other New York City rabbis.

MAYOR-ELECT Zohran Mamdani holds a news conference in Queens on Wednesday. The flavor of New York as a Jewish city will be gone, the writer laments.

MAYOR-ELECT Zohran Mamdani holds a news conference in Queens on Wednesday. The flavor of New York as a Jewish city will be gone, the writer laments.

(photo credit: Kylie Cooper/Reuters)

ByAMMIEL HIRSCH

NOVEMBER 8, 2025 21:56